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Amazon.com plans to launch an online emporium in Australia, the e-commerce giant’s first full-fledged retail foray in the Southern Hemisphere.

The Australian newspaper reported on Wednesday that Amazon was looking for the site of its first warehouse Down Under.

Currently Australians can buy online Kindle books and readers, Audible audiobooks and download apps. But Aussies looking for other physical items have had to go to Amazon’s global store, wait nine to 12 days for standard shipping, and pay hefty shipping rates.

Amazon, which launched its Kindle store there in 2013, said that it currently has 1,000 employees in Australia; many are working for the company’s cloud computing unit, Amazon Web Services, which has operated there since 2012.